During his presidential campaign and subsequent battle over a health care law, Mr. Obama quieted crowds with the story of his mother’s fight with her insurer over whether her cancer was a pre-existing condition that disqualified her from coverage. In offering the story as an argument for ending p...

When Mitt Romney was a college freshman, he told fellow residents of his Stanford University dormitory that he sometimes disguised himself as a police officer – a crime in many states, including Michigan and California, where he then lived. And he had the uniform on display as proof. So recalls R...

Strategists in both parties have anxiously watched the recall election for signs of what might happen in the general election this fall. In 2008, Barack Obama carried the state by a large margin en route to winning the presidency. But in 2004, Wisconsin had one of the nation’s closest contests....

Anecdotal reports from across the nation "suggest overall economic activity expanded at a moderate pace" from early April through late May, the Federal Reserve just reported . In its "beige book" review of conditions around the country, the Fed said the only one of its 12 bank districts to report...

In 1981, I had the opportunity to perform in Paris while I was visiting Freddy Koella and his drummer, Jean-Michael. Freddy is a virtuoso on the violin and guitar. He has worked with Bob Dylan , k.d. lang , Willy Deville , Francis Cabrel , and many others. While I was with Freddy and Jean-M...

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1. At a campaign stop in Craig, Colorado, this week, Romney argued, "The president, when he got elected, he said, look, 'I'm going to go out and borrow $787 billion and I'll keep unemployment below 8 percent.'" Romney says this just about every day. It's not true . 2. In the same speech, Romney s...

Nearly half a century after the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed, women on average still earn less than men. Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - According to Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn. While the exact figure is debatab...